The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-28

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am, sir, with respect,
u (Signed.l A. 81. GARLAND,
Attorney General.
Il ST. LOUIS GROCERS' COMPLAINT.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-Mr. Furth,
President of the st. Louis Grocersi
Association, addressed the Interstate
Commerce Commission this morning
The Missouri Pacific was selected tor
this cause because it was the largest of
the roads entering st. Louis. The road
was charged with unjust discrimina-
ton. Looking over the schedules it
could be discovered that the embargo
upon groceries and drugs and goods
which are sold by the pound are SO adj
justed as to make it possible for one
locality to do business while it was i'm
possible for another to do so. If Con-
gress designed that the Commission
should regulate these matters, COM
IplainantS ask that the power conferred
shall be exercised so rs to prevent the
railroad from saying, we will charge
you A cents per 100 from st. Louis to
| Fort Scott, for example, while we will
carry for another corporation for 80
cents. He submitted that if the rail-
road could perform given service for
another railroad and If it solicited the
privilege of performing that service for
80 cents, then to charge A cents to st.
Louis grocers for evactly the same
service was an unjust discrimination.
OTHER COMPLAINTS.
| Claim, Wade & Co., of Colfax, Wash
ington Territory, complain to the Coma
meree Commission that the Oregon
Railway s. Navigation Company
charged 81 ton upon wheat from Col
fax to Portland, thirty-two miles. which
they aver is excessive. The Boston
Chamber of Commerce complains
against the Lake Shore, New York
Central and Boston & Albany Rail-
roads, that the charge from Chicago to
Boston upon -four, grain and provisions
is 80 cents per 100, or $50 per ton,
whereas the rates to New York have
been only % cents per 100, or $75 car.
This. compliments aver, constitutes an
unjust discrimination, to the dis
advantage of Boston. 1t is also
charged that a rebate is allowed
upon goods consigned from Chicago to
Boston and designed for shipment
abroad. This it is averred is dis
elimination against one class of Bos-
ton delears and in favor of another.
| George Rice, of Marietta, Ohio, an
Ohio manufacturer and dealer files a
| formidable series of complaints against
varions railroads charging the imposi-
ton of rates which are unjust and I'M
reasonable in themselves. The impoSi-
ton of rates upon his products is
greater than is put upon those of the
Standard Oil Company under SINH
lar circumstances and condi-
lions and a discrimination of Stand
ard Oil Company in hauling it's
cars and charging less than actual
weight, while COMPLIMENTS cars are
always charged at full actual weight
and discrimination in favor of the
Standard Oil Company in furnishing
cars when the same are refused to COM
| plainant. All the averments are sub
Stimulated by explicit statements of
fact, giving rates. These alleged dis
examinations complainant declares have
had and were designed to have the
effect to give the Standard Oil Com
pany almost a complete monopoly of
the traffic in oils. The following are
the roads complained of: The Louisville
& Nashville, the Illinois Central, Mo-
bile s. Ohio, Newport News s. Mis-
Orleans & Texas, Texas Pacific, Ala
bama s. Great Southern, Mississippi s.
Tennessee, East Tennessee, Virginia,
/ s. Georgia and the st. Louis Iron
Mountain s. Southern.
NOT OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-On the 18th
inst, the Secretary of the Interior in
the case of the Fl. Boise hay reserva-
tion decided that land put in reserva-
ton in excess Of $40 acres, the amount
limited by law, was illegally reserved
and declared it open to entryand settle
ment. The PRONUNCIATION of that de-
cision and in the belief that the ruling
of the Secretary in that case applied to
the Fl. Ellis military reservation in
Montana, containing $1,000 acres, a
large number of settlers have entered
upon and asserted their claims to lands
in the latter reservation. Acting Sec
custodian of Fit. Ellis decides that the
law of 1858 limiting military reserva-
tons to $40 acres applied only to the
Territory OF Oregon as then consti-
tuted, its eastern boundary being the
summit of the Rocky Mountains, .
and as Fit. Ellis is east of that bound
airy line it does not come within the
purview of the statute limiting the
area of military reservations. Settlers
will be notified that their claims have
no foundations in law.
CLEVELAND,S WESTERN TOUR AGAIN.
The Star tonight says: The Mayor
of St. Louis has telegraphed to the
President asking If he would receive a
delegation from st. Louis who would
come to Washington on Monday to eX-
tend to him an Invitation to visit that
city in the fall after the G. A. r. men
had gone; A reply was sent that the inc
Monday. The President, of course
has known for some time of the deter.
mination to urge him to take Western
tour, notwithstanding his defamation
of the invitation to attend the Crane
Army encampment, and he has beer
considering the question, but has not
yet decided whether or not to go. 1t /;
quite probable that he will visit st
Louis and some other Western cities
after his Southern trip this fall.
THE CASH BALANCES.
{ In the examination of the books anC
! accounts of Mr.. Jordan, late Treasure
[ of the United States, which has beel
} concluded, the only discrepancy was ;
shortage of $3.50 in the way of golC
3 coins of that denomination which hat
been counted by weight many year
2 ago and passed along from Treasure
: to Treasurer as correct, and the mis-
r take was only discovered by actua
, count. The tracer showed the name o
q the clerk who made the mistake, ant
}. as he is still in service the matter wa
s called to his attention and he at one
: made good the shortage, so that Uncl
Q Sans cash account now balances
: RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
:. WASHINGTON, July 22.-The receipt
e of the United States since July hav
s been S23, 525, 1888 and expenditures $22
g 795, AL. being a net gain to date
s 81, 299. 617.
q AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Secretary of the Treasury ha
decided that animals of high grade an
II value imported from Scotland an
e other distant countries for breedin
II purposes are entitled to free entry mo-
! withstanding the fact that they are fl
:; sale. This ruling reverses the decisio
IL of the Collector of Customs at Detroi
s. Mich, who assessed duty on certai
stations on the ground that the frt
l, list provisions did not apply to ANNA
9 intended for sale, even though in
e ported for breeding purposes.
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